I've seen the monument that supposedly inspired Laurence with the idea for the stone angel in Neepawa, MB, and this past July I went to a book sale at the Margaret Laurence House with my sister and her kids.
Tag: 20th century literature
One-Shot Finch: To Kill a Mockingbird
A well-known novel of the American south, Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird is a challenging look at the history of race-relations and the process of a child coming to terms with another side of her familiar, safe community of Maycomb. Scout, her older brother Jem, and their friend Dill play around at constructing a… Continue reading One-Shot Finch: To Kill a Mockingbird
Trading on Social Currency: The House of Mirth Review
‘Absent from everything most densely real’
Recently, I recognized a pattern of thought and behaviour in myself: I am long past mentally finished with a position or situation in life by the time I actually change it. I'm currently in that mental space of being prepared to be somewhere else, while still showing up where I'm currently committed to. I can… Continue reading ‘Absent from everything most densely real’



